The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-04
MIDNIGHT ROWS IN NEW YORK.
They Do Not Find Place in the News
paperS


NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-The midnight rows
of New York do not always find their way
into the papers. Many a man has expert
ences of a belligerent sort which strike him
for the time being as events of vast impor-
lance, but when he eagerly scans the papers
on the following day he is usually more or
less surprised to find no mention Of the &C.
| currence. l have gone home late four times
| this week so far, and every night | have
seen more or less of a row. On the first oc-
| casion it was shortly after l O'Clock and
| had turned into Twenty-fifth street from
Madison square, when the second story win
dow Of a pretentious house was raised softly
and a man in bath robe thrust out his
head and said politely.
| II beg your pardon"
Istopped and called up to him at once
that his apology was accepted.
''The fact is, he said confidentially, and
with an exceedingly well-bred intonation of
voice, there is something going on in here.
| may add at once that there are burglars
| in the house"
/ looked up and down the brightly lighted
| street and not man was to be seen in any
/ direction Then | asked the man in the
bath robe to come down and open the door.
! He closed the window softly after express
ing his thanks and | yelled police" at the
| top of my lungs
| | wish to say for the credit of the force
that | never before saw such stunning out
| burst of guardians of the peace as that call
| brought forth. Park policemen, city police
men and district messenger policemen,
| focked from every corner, guarded the
house, front and rear, and began a thorough
| search of the premises at once. Thereupon
the gentleman in the bach robe and ]
| bowed politely to one another and | went
home and to bed Though | live within
pistol shot of this thrilling episode, have
not since heard word as to the fate of the
| burglars.
The following night, or perhars it would
be more accurate TO say morning | stood
talking TO an English acquaintance who
was to leave early that morning on the Bri-
fannie, when the doors of a neighboring
chophouse were thrown open and five or
six flushed and laxative gentleman hurried
out on the sidewalk
II believe sir" shouted red-haired little
nan in falsetto voice as he faced tall
and lank Southerner. that you expressed
a desire in there to kick my nose Off.
THAT, sir, responded the other, laconic-
ally, lis precisely the impression that 1
meant to convey to you"
'Well, sir" clustered the little man, be-
ginning to dance up and down in his ex-
element, ''this is your golden opportunity"
1T is sir, and | shall cheerfully embrace
it, said the Southerner. Then he took off
a large signet ring, tucked it snugly away
in his fob pocket. fell abruptly upon the
small man, thumped him in the ribs, smash
ed his hat over his eyes, and wound up with
an able and enthusiastic but futile attempt
to ram his red-headed opponent into par
TALLY filled ash barrel. A'strict and impair
tial survey of the proceedings by my Eng
lish companion and myself will not warrant
me in saying that the little man did any
thing but repeat the formula: IF get
back lock on you, you big tough, I'll break
every bone in your BODY"
At the termination of the encounter we
all entered the chOphouse and discussed the
affair at length, while the Southern gentle
man Hospitality bathed the wounds of his
vanquished foe and bound up the disabled
eye of the gentleman who had the back lock
scheme in raw beefsteak and oysters chopped
and thoroughly mixed.
The third night cab of rather dilapi-
dated and dissipated appearance, which was
more or less attached to the cab horse by
ropes and bits of harness, came to stop
near the Brunswick, while the driver got
down and held long colloquy with drowsy
clubman within. The cabman insisted that
he had been promised fare of s. by his
passenger, but the passenger vigorously but
s1eepily denied it, and tried to negotiate a
new deal on a basis of SOC. About the time
that the driver threatened to take him out
and thrash him on the sidewalk, the clubman
gave in gracefully, and said in a conciliatory
voice:
"All right, cabby. Take me up TO
Seventy sixth street, and when you get
there open the door of your cab and collect
your little S.. I'm too tired to talk any
more"
Thereupon the driver climbed to his seat.
wrapped his blanket around his legs, pulled
4.
kicked the horse, and started slowly up
Fifth avenue.
/ Before the cab had gone fifty feet the
door was pushed open gently and the club
man swung himself deftly to the ground,
while the cab went ON up the avenue, with
the door hanging wide open. The clubman
stepped into the Brunswick, took a room,
and was snugly in bed before the cab had
got within sight of Seventy-sixth street
1t was not quite II O'Clock last night when
a group of men wandered into a resort on
Sixth avenue which goes by the name of a
| hotel They went into the most preuentious
room in the house, took off their coats,
| tilted their hats forward and fell to playing
poker with the methodical and busness-hke
| dir of men who are not novices at the game.
They were all in evening dress, more or less
| known about town and thoroughly &C
quainted with one another. The game pro-
| gressed slowly until 2 o'clock, and then one
of the men smiled sadly and raised the pot
| to the limit. The next man whooped it up
higher the third gave it another lift, and
| then the fourth raised the whole three of
them; the other players dropped hurriedly
out, ordered fresh cigars and sat back to see
the struggle among the four who staid in.
| They were playing a s. limit and every man
drew one card. After the draw there was
another raise all around, and within five
minutes there was between $500 and
$400 on the table. The cigars
were laid aside, two of the players had
ceased - smile and the third was bit
nervous so that his smile had wavering
and CHASTITY effect. When the cards were
laid down it was found that four full hands
were out. The highest was a nine full and
the lowest tray full. A scientific member
of the party made o note of the fact, and
also of the extraordinary circumstances
that every man had two pairs before the
draw, and had filled his hand in due form
This he wrote out with great care while
supper was ordered, and mailed it to the
| Spirit of the Times forthwith, as he CON
sidered the game historical Meanwhile the
heaviest loser sat calmly munching a huge
cream cake which had come up with the
supper, while his eye was fixed upon the
winner of the big pot The winner was in
| dulging in bitter complaints because the
game had not been a SO limit, and it
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